portable handset | PHS [Abbr.] | PHS,portable handset is a subset of all possible portable parts.This subset includes all physical groupings that combine one portable radio termination plus at least one portable application in a single physical box [Abbr.]

Compared with 2001, considerable progress has been made as far as handsets are concerned, with the transition from prototypes to the development of the first 3G models ready to be marketed on the European market.

With pricing, you start with the handset, so when we give somebody a three-year contract, which has become a point of irritation with many people, we are really giving them a handset on which the subsidy could be as high as $500.

A reasonable margin between wholesale costs and retail prices should ensure that roaming providers cover all their specific roaming costs at retail level including appropriate shares of marketing costs and handset subsidies and are left with an adequate residual to yield a reasonable return.

Products sold with an additional cordless handset: To qualify, fax machines or MFDs with fax capability manufactured on or after 1 July 2009 that are sold with additional cordless handsets must use an ENERGY STAR-qualified handset, or one that meets the ENERGY STAR telephony specification when tested to the ENERGY STAR test method on the date the imaging product is qualified as ENERGY STAR.

The main reason for this anomaly is the lack of a uniform standard for entry plug connectors of the various peripherals (chargers, headsets, transmission cables), which would be universally valid for all GSM handset brands.

Products Sold with an Additional Cordless Handset: To qualify, fax machines or MFDs with fax capability that are sold with additional cordless handsets must use an ENERGY STAR qualified handset, or one that meets the ENERGY STAR Telephony specification when tested to the ENERGY STAR test method on the date the imaging product is qualified as ENERGY STAR.

A reasonable margin between wholesale costs and retail prices should ensure that operators cover all their specific roaming costs at retail level including appropriate shares of marketing costs and handset subsidies and are left with an adequate residual to yield a reasonable return.

Products Sold with an Additional Cordless Handset: To qualify, fax machines or MFDs with fax capability that are sold with additional cordless handsets must use an ENERGY STAR qualified handset, or one that meets the ENERGY STAR Telephony specification when tested to the ENERGY STAR test method on the date the imaging product is qualified as ENERGY STAR.

In the UK reprogramming of a stolen mobile has been made illegal and there is now cooperation among UK operators through the GSM Association, with a shared database of IMEI numbers of stolen handsets so they can be immobilised. Continental operators have also joined but only around 20 out of a total of some 500 European operators are signed up.

What steps is the Commission taking to encourage the setting up of an EU-wide industry IMEI database equivalent to the UK scheme, so the crime can be tackled through barring of stolen handsets on an EU basis?

What steps is the Commission taking to encourage the setting up of an EU-wide industry IMEI database equivalent to the UK scheme, so the crime can be tackled through barring of stolen handsets on an EU basis?

In the UK reprogramming of a stolen mobile has been made illegal and there is now cooperation among UK operators through the GSM Association, with a shared database of IMEI numbers of stolen handsets so they can be immobilised. Continental operators have also joined but only around 20 out of a total of some 500 European operators are signed up.

The Directorate-General for Competition (DG IV) has written to GSM/DCS1800 handset manufacturers and network operators in the EEA limiting the use of the "SIM Lock" feature in mobile phone handsets: the feature effectively ties the customer to one GSM operator or service provider.

The benefit of the SIM Lock, for both consumers and operators, is that it helps to deter theft of handsets, but at the same time it "locks" the particular handset (phone) to a particular operator or service provider.

The SIM Lock can in fact be deactivated in order to allow a customer to switch to another network or service provider once they have bought a handset, but this sometimes requires the return of the handset to the operator or service provider.

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